Oscar nominee Taraji P. Henson is almost ready for Sunday's big show. On Tuesday, she narrowed down selections for her red-carpet look, checked out jewelry, had lunch with her mother and was a presenter at the Costume Designers Guild Awards.

Lovers of U.S. luxury hotels should go West. For 2009, three of six lodgings added to AAA's prestigious Five Diamond list are in California: The Beverly Hills Hotel and Bungalows; Montage Laguna Beach; and Four Seasons Hotel Westlake Village.

Romantic chemistry? Diane Lane and Richard Gere aren't sure how they got that reputation, especially since their past on-screen pairings always skewed toward the dysfunctional. In 1984's The Cotton Club, she was a sultry jazz singer and he was a troubled cornet player. They joined again 2002's Unfaithful, causing a stir with its steamy scenes though not with Gere. Now, with the film adaptation of Nights in Rodanthe, opening Friday, Gere and Lane finally get to rush into each other's arms.

Despite the lack of a glitzy televised ceremony earlier this year because of the writers strike, the organization that sponsors the Golden Globes dipped into its savings to present $759,865 in grants to film schools and nonprofit organizations at a luncheon honoring the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's new officers.